As long as we're talking about what 'used to be', there didn't used to be 4 year olds getting Leukemia. And there didn't used to be this idea that 40% of the entire population will be diagnosed with cancer at some point. (!)
As far as I can tell, the article is full of facts, obvious stuff really, and the naysayers simply don't want to face the harsh reality that cancer 'research' is total bullshit and always has been.
What's causing all of this cancer? Are we just not praying hard enough, is that it?
Wait, I know--how about all of the CARCINOGENS that are everywhere, in everything, and are EPA and FDA approved also, with the revolving door always swinging as suits pass from government to big business and back again on their merry way?
No...?
OK then, maybe we just need to go buy more pink ribbons and 'race for the cure.' Get Usain Bolt in there. He'll turn things around. (Why hasn't anyone hired this guy yet?)
And if that doesn't help, maybe try a little prayer also, perhaps.
> 'i feel very strongly this is a disingenuous claim.'
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> 'clinical psychologists go to school for a long time to learn how to assess people's abilities to think.'
Is that really what you think? Here's the harsh, cold reality: psychologists are mostly quacks. The fact that you so strongly believe otherwise shows that your brainwashing runs deep.
In reality, it's quite possible for awake and learned persons to study and understand the thinking of others. I do it every day. Case in point:
> 'why should i believe that you a random software engineer have any competency whatsoever.'
It seems you're one of those 'specialist' types, who is so much of a specialist that they actually believe being hyper-focused on one narrow thing to the complete and dimwitted exclusion of all else is the only possible mode of existence.
God help you if you were ever to learn that there are actually other types of people out there in the world who in some cases know twice as much as you do about your given area of 'expertise' plus 1000x what you know of anything else.
> 'in reality this is exactly the reason standardized exams (or standardized interviews such as leetcode style problems) exist - because average person can't accurately make that call.'
Not everybody is average, dimwit. Especially the sort of people who are supposed to be interviewing top tier programmers. And not everybody is an autistic dweeb who can't understand other humans.
Poker players have a saying: if you haven't figured out in the first 5 minutes who the mark is, then you're it. Get a clue, noob.
As far as I can tell, the article is full of facts, obvious stuff really, and the naysayers simply don't want to face the harsh reality that cancer 'research' is total bullshit and always has been.
What's causing all of this cancer? Are we just not praying hard enough, is that it?
Wait, I know--how about all of the CARCINOGENS that are everywhere, in everything, and are EPA and FDA approved also, with the revolving door always swinging as suits pass from government to big business and back again on their merry way?
No...?
OK then, maybe we just need to go buy more pink ribbons and 'race for the cure.' Get Usain Bolt in there. He'll turn things around. (Why hasn't anyone hired this guy yet?)
And if that doesn't help, maybe try a little prayer also, perhaps.